Roads (Complex Schemes)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which road schemes are now being reassessed as complex schemes following the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment report; and how many complex schemes are(a) motorway widenings, (b) bypasses, (c) estuarial crossings and (d) new roads. [6677]

I have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Dr. Tony Wright, dated 20 December 1995:

As you know, the Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr John Watts, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking the Secretary of State for Transport which road schemes are being assessed as complex following the report by the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment on "Trunk Roads And The Generation Of Traffic".Schemes are being assessed at the appropriate stage in their development. To date 12 schemes have been provisionally assessed as "Complex". These are:1185WMotorway Widenings